Tips “The English football fan is one of the most deluded & over-sentimentalised creatures in modern life. We are, after all, people who sit in the stands, bellowing match tips to world-class athletes.” Robert Shrimsley, Financial Times 24 Apr 2021 | Fans 1 Owners 0: but don’t be fooled Line of the Day …
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8/9) Tatters Left in tatters due to inept government handling of Covid-19: the hopes & dreams of many businesses. The ambitions & careers of countless workers. Left to themselves, people will manage the virus better without official instructions, as they can adjust precautions to suit their circumstances. Hyperactive, hype-full ministers can’t keep the main thing…
Threat We guard against cybercrime but what about the threat from the Tech Giants? They extract our data by stealth – not “to improve your experience on the device” but to create new sales routes for themselves. Meanwhile, we are harmed by “influence”, manipulation and fake news. Today’s model of consent is far too loose. …
Trinity A trinity of partners, working in sync, can propel progress after Covid-19: 1. Private innovation 2. Public investment, and 3. Social support, for those who won’t benefit from 1. & 2. The right party, pedalling interchangeably in the driving seat, will speed up the journey to recovery. And guard against too many being left…
Tracing Coronavirus: contact tracing to stop disease spread dates from 1854, when Dr. John Snow traced London’s cholera source to a Soho water pump. No need to reveal personal details of a worker with the virus, but warn others at risk quickly, so they act suitably. UK response has gone from Contain to Delay, so…
Trains coming Transport outlook 2020: a train renaissance. 3 drivers – flight shame, climate change concern, EU railways opening to competition. Expect smart trains, easy online booking, frequent services to city centres, perks (free coffee, newspapers). Passenger numbers, esp. tourists, business & night travellers, will rise & fares will fall. Midnight train to Georgia &…
Triple bottom line TBL = people, profit, planet (3Ps). 1981: Freer Spreckley says firms should measure their TBL. 1994: John Elkington’s 3Ps suggests sustainability as a goal. 1997: his book ‘Cannibals with Forks‘ asks firms to measure/ report financial performance, social wealth creation & environmental aspects. What next for stakeholders? Quadruple bottom line, which includes…
Temporary tax How long can a temporary tax last? USA’s 1964 “chicken tax”, to retaliate for French & German tariffs, prevents light-duty truck imports even today. UK’s 1799 temporary income tax to raise money to fight Napoleon’s French forces is still in force 200 years on. Temporary taxes & tariffs can go on forever Guessed…
Touchdown 20 July 1969: Touchdown & walk on the Moon. One small step for man 50 years ago. But the real stars were 400,000 technicians & scientists who crunched numbers, built the kit & solved 10,000 challenges to pull off an “impossible mission” 350,000 km away. Nasa wants to land a woman on the moon…
Tent Great business success can come even from shows in a tent! Glastonbury 1971 – 1st pyramid stage on Stonehenge leyline, made of scaffolding covered in plastic sheets, as a retort to over-commercialized festivals. Follows medieval Summer Solstice tradition of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights & spontaneous entertainment. Tickets sell out in >1 hour each…